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Treasurers cite positive impact in green bonds: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Luxembourg Stock Exchange and founder of the Luxembourg Green Exchange. "In the current context, we see an increase in social bonds in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and we expect more and more organisations to broaden their scope of thematic bonds ...

Taskforce recommends government support to build social impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
A landmark Social Impact Investing Taskforce is recommending that the commonwealth government take a "coordinated and long term" approach to guide its involvement in the social impact investing market. Kylie Charlton, managing director of Australian ...

Green bond issuance could hit close to US$300 billion: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... transparency and effective use of proceeds standards." Insight Investment applies a traffic light score, which analyses a social or environmental impact bond on three categories - the ESG performance of the issuer, the structure of the bond including ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs surpass $1 billion funds under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... application of the rules require discussion. You need to be able to move fast in the space to maintain the definitions of social responsibility." BetaShares also actively engages with companies in the ethical portfolios. "For example, we are proxy voting ...

Global green bond market continues to grow, expand: J.P. Morgan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... November 2019, TCorp set an Australian record in issuing a new $1.8 billion Sustainability Bond based on both green and social assets. Five new sustainable water and wastewater management projects have been identified: Green Square Trunk Stormwater Improvement ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... editor, The Sustainability Report DJSI isn't the only one to have held a positive view of Westpac on environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) performance. MSCI's ESG Ratings has Westpac rated AA, its second highest rating, high enough ...

TCorp issues record-breaking $1.8bn Sustainability Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Treatment Programme. The NSW Sustainability Bond Framework is aligned to the UN SDGs, 2018 ICMA Green Bond Principles, Social Bond Principles and Sustainability Bond Guidelines. The Sustainability Bond Framework also supports the NSW government environmental ...

TCorp reports on use of proceeds for initial $1.8 billion Green Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... independent assurance by EY, alignment with the International Capital Market Association's (ICMA) Green Bond Principles, Social Bond Principles, and Sustainability Bond Guidelines, and Climate Bonds Initiative certification. Because of the level of due ...

TCorp to issue sustainability bond based on green, social assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... fundraising arm, will issue a sustainability bond in coming weeks, with proceeds to finance a combination of green and social assets. Fiona Trigona, head of funding and balance sheet, TCorp This will be the second bond issued as part of TCorp's NSW Sustainability ...

Pricing, liquidity, standards challenge green bond market: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... when considered against total issuance size of bonds. Purdie emphasised that Aviva Investors integrates environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into its investment process throughout the firm, including in credit decisions, meaning ...